Prince Lawrence Eze, the embattled All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East says he has appealed the judgement nullifying his candidature by a Federal High Court, Enugu.
Eze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview in Enugu on Tuesday that he had directed his lawyer, Ferdinand Ukwueze to immediately file an appeal.
NAN reports that the court on Tuesday sacked the candidate on the grounds that he was not properly nominated for the contest.
The court ruled that the plaintiff, Mrs Adaku Ogbu-Aguocha who came third in the APC primary election held on Oct. 2, 2018 was the rightful candidate.
The court presided over by Justice Buba Ibrahim ruled that Ogbu-Aguocha should take over since Uchenna Ezemba who came second in the party primary stepped down for Eze.
Ogbu-Aguocha filed a suit challenging the decision of the party to field Eze whom, she said, never contested and was not a member of the party as at the time of the primary.
She, among other reliefs, prayed the court to declare her the duly elected candidate of the APC since Ezemba, who emerged winner of the primary election, withdrew from the race.
The court however, directed the APC to forward the name of the applicant to the third respondent, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the recognised candidate for the senatorial district without further delay.
Eze is the second APC candidate sacked by a court as the former governorship candidate; Ayogu Eze lost the ticket to factional candidate, Mr George Ogara following a similar reason.